Retired Captain 14th Regiment. Granted 1746 acres and selected at the Avon District in 1831. Appointed Resident Magistrate of Kelmscott in 1830. He offered to form a Voluntary Calvary Guard to protect settlers from Aborigines on 4 December 1831. He was the Superintendent of Native Tribes in 1833. Ellis was injured in the clash with Aborigines at the Battle of Pinjarra and died of his wounds on 12 November 1834. His niece was a Miss Bolger who was his housekeeper - she applied for pension but was unsuccessful.